Celestial Objects & Gravity

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What are objects made of ice, gas, dust that have a fan-shaped tail and orbit our sun called?

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Comets

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What are the millions of pieces of rocky material of various sizes that orbit the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter called?

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Asteroids

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What do we call broken pieces of asteroids and comets that range in size from small dust to 10m and are moving around in our solar system?

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Meteoroids

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What is the sun classified as?

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Star

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What is the name of the area that separates the inner and outer planets?

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Asteroid Belt

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What is the term for a small rocky body that orbits the sun, typically found in the asteroid belt?

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Asteroid

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What is the term for a bright streak of light produced when a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere?

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Meteor

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What do we call a meteoroid that survives its passage through the Earth's atmosphere and lands on the surface?

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Meteorite

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What is the largest planet in our solar system?

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Jupiter

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What is the term for the gravitational force that attracts two bodies towards each other?

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Gravity